I am trying to identify a coat of arms painted in a fresco in Viterbo (Lazio), Italy from the fifteenth century. The arms are on a shield with a black fess running across the middle with two black circles above the fess and one below, all of the same size. I only have a photocopy of the fresco with the crest, so I'm not sure of the colors of the crest, but if anyone could help me identify the family to whom this might belong, that would be wonderful! Grazie mille!

Well, it's academic research. The fresco is in Santa Maria Nuova and the sister on duty at the church didn't know much about the painting except that it was hidden under plaster until 1912. I only found the crest recently when looking through a book on fifteenth-century Viterbese painters which had a photo of the image pre-restoration with the crest. Currently, the crest has been removed from the fresco so I didn't know about it until I found the book - Pittori viterbesi di cinque secoli.

There has been a strong custom in Italy that determines how children are named:The first male is named after his paternal grandfather.The second male is named after his maternal grandfather.The first female is named after her paternal grandmother.The second female is named after her maternal grandmo...

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